Game apparatus



H. DRATSCHKE.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. 1920.

1,374,991, Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

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aerator.

useful Improvements in Game Apparatus,

of which the following is a specification. Y -My inventionrelates to an apparatus for playing a game which will afi'ord entertainment'v and at the Sametime develop the players skill, particularly in the judgmg of distances, The invention comprises a board o'rtable and an adjustable striker for hitting certain objects or counters on said table.

Two-satisfactory embodiments-of my in- --vention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 11 is a sideelevation of one form of my invention; Fig.2 is; a plan view thereof; Fig..:-3 is a partial detail elevation, looking "in the direction: of the arrow 3 in Fig. 1,- and drawn upon an enlarged scale; Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section on line 44 of -Fig'.-"1;'Fig. 5 is: a. partial side elevation of another formof my invention; and Fig. 6 is'aqvertical sec'tion online 6-6 of Fig. 5.

The apparatus illustrated comprises a central leg or'support 10 having a reduced upper portion 10to which is secured the table topor board 11,-preferably in a rigid manner. This board is represented as of circular shape,=and provided with a plurality of openings 11","Whl6h I deem best to "place; irregularly, atvarying distances from the center. @The board-is divided into two fields by a diametrical division which may Ibeformedbyaline-11, or the same efiect ,m'aybe obtained by colorlng the" two halves of the board differently. The board has a central circular field or disk 12, and prefer- -ably also a central rod or pin 13 which may be decorated with a' flag. "Mounted rota-tably about the vertical axis of thesupp'ort 10 is a carrier or guide 14, provided with an eye 14 surround ngv the reduced portion 10 and normally resting on the upper'e'nd of the body of the support 10. This carrier-is provided with two spaced longitudinal guides 15, approximately rad'ia-l:with1= reference tothe board 11 and to the support 10,10,- the outer end of the carrier'iha-vinga leg or prop 16 adapted to rest on a'supporting surface. as indicated and also fo'rming a handle for moving the carrier around the central support and for GAME APPARATUS.

, I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 19, 1921. Application filed July 23, 1920. Serial No. 398,525..

moving said carrier up along the reduced portlon 10.

Between theguides 14, is arranged to move the slide 17 provided at its inner portion with a projection or pin 18. having a knob or head 18 forming a striker as set forth hereinafter, while the outer end of the slide 17 carrles an aiming device'consisting of a stud19, a finger 19 pointing toward the center of the apparatus, and preferably a notched sight 19 or other suitable sight as'shown best in Fig. 3. A special relation is observed in proportioning the dimensions of the several parts, viz: The distance between the point of the finger 19 and the center of the striker 18 is made equal to the radial distance from the periphery of the central field 12 to the outer periphery of the disk or board 11. From this it follows that whatever adjustmentis given to the slide 17 inwardly or'outwardly along the guide 14, 15, the'distance from the point of the finger 19 to the outer periphery of the board 11 (indicated at a in Fig. 2) will always be equal to the radial distance from the center of the striker 18 to the periphery of the central field 12v (also indicated at min Fig. 2). Y

The apparatus further comprises suitable objects or counters 20, say of peg-like character, adapted to insert in the holes 11, .as shown in Fig. 1, and preferably provided with upwardly-extending pins or fiagstatfs 20, of less height than the central rod 18. The counters 20 are generally removable, but this is not essential, it beingsuificient that the position of a counter shall change visibly when the lower end of the counter, which preferably projects below the board 11, is hit by the striker 18. Of course the counter portion immediately above the board 11 is wider than the respective opening 11, so that the counter may not drop through.

While the apparatus may be used in various ways, I will for the purpose of illustration give an outline of a game which may be played with this apparatus.

The game is played by two players or two groups of players,each having counters 2O representingv ships, if a naval game is intended, or regiments, batteries, etc., if a game representing war on land is to be played. While the position of the openings 11 is quite irregular, they are of equal num- The player adjusts the carrier 1a, 15 circumferentially to bring the sight 1%) into line with the pin 20 on the counter 20 andwith the central rod 13, see- Figs. 2 and 3,

the prop 19 being used as a handle during this operation. Then, looking from above (so that he cannot see the striker 18, 18' concealed under the board), the player adjusts the slide 17 in or out until in his opinion the distance from the point of the finger 19' to the edge of the board 11 is equal to the distance from the counter or marker 20 aimed at, to the periphery of the central field 12. Thereupon the player, holding the props l6, lifts the carrier 14, 15 with-the slide 17 and Striker 18, 18' bodily toward the board, the eye 14 sliding upwardly along the reduced portion 10 of the support 10. Now, if the player has gaged the distance correctly, the strikerlS, 18 will have been'brought into registry with the downwardly-projecting end of the counter or marker 20, as shown in Fig. 1, so that upon lifting the carrier'lt, 15 as described, the striker will come in contact with the said counter 20, either throwing it out of its opening 11, or at least moving it sufliciently to indicate that a hit has been registered. If however, the distance was not judged properly, the striker when lifted will not come in contact with the counter 20, and the unchanged position of the latter will indicate a miss. The objects or counters may be removed from the board when hit, and thegame continued until one side has lost all its counters, or until a predetermined number of points hasbeen reached by the winning side, the manner of scoring and the other rules for playing the game being of course immaterial to my invention.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown another construction which dispenses with the ne-,

cessity for moving the carrier and the prop 16 upward to lift the striker 18, 18. According to the construction, the lateral guides 15 of the carrier have their outer ends extending beyond the base or body 1 1 of the carrier, and at these projecting ends are located two alining pins 21 extending into longitudinal slots 17 in thesides of the slide 17 The guides 15 do not overlap the slide 17, so that the latter is free to swing on the pivot formed by the pins 21. The circumferential and the radial adjustment of the slide carrying the aiming device and the striker, are the same as in the form of construction first described, but the manipulation for moving the striker upwardly is much simpler, and consists in depressing the outer end of the slide 17', as indicated by the arrow at the sight of Fig. 5, which operation will cause the slide to swing on the horizontal pivot 21 and move the striker 18, 18 upwardly to engage the counter 20 if the player has made the correct adjustment.

It will be understood that the circumferential movement of board and striker is a relative one, and while I prefer tohave the board stationary and the striker adjustable circumferentially, the same result may be obtained in other ways. Various modifications may be made without departing from the nature of my invention as .set forth in the appended claims. I

Iclaim: Y

I 1. A game apparatuscomprising a circular board carrying objects to be hit,an aiming'device movable relatively to the board around the center thereof and also movable in and out, and a striker movable in unison with said aiming device circumferentially and radially and also adapted to be moved toward theboard to hit objects "thereon.

2. A game apparatus comprising a circular'board carrying objects to be hit, an aiming' device movable relatively to the board around the center thereof and also movable in and out, and a striker movable in unison with said aiming device circumferentially and radially and also adapted to be moved toward the board to hit objects thereon, the distance between the striker and the aiming device being equal to the distance from the central portion of the board to the periphery thereof. r

3. A game apparatus comprising aboard carrying objects to be hit, a striker arranged under the board so as to be concealed thereby and movable toward the board to hit objects thereon, and an aiming device arranged clear of the board so as to be visible, said striker and aiming device being connected tomove in unison inwardly or outwardly and also laterally.

4. A game apparatus comprising a board carrying objects to be hit, a carrier movable relatively to said board around the center thereof, a slide movable on the carrier toward and from such center, a striker carried by the inner portion of the slide andadapted to be moved into contact with the objects on the board and an aiming device carried by the outer portion of the slide.

5. A game apparatus comprising a circular board having a central field and provided exteriorly of said field'with apertures tance from the periphery of the central field to the edge of the board.

6. A game apparatus comprising'a board having perforations and movable objects 5 projecting therethrough beneath the board, a striker movable under the board, into registry and into contact with the downwardly-projecting portions of such objects,

and means connected with the striker and 7 arranged clear of the board, for adjusting 10 the striker to different positions and hitting said objects with such striker.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

HANS DRATSOHKE. 

